Therapist: I had to warn others about Obama-plot suspect

20-year-old Westminister man Mitchell Kenneth Kusick "wanted to commit the shootings so he could go down in infamy," according to a Westminister police report. (Courtesy photo. )

BROOMFIELD — The therapist, who turned Mitchell Kusick in to authorities after he threatened to kill the president and children at Standley Lake High School, says he did it to protect his community.

Kusick, 20, was a patient of Dr. Corey Candelaria's. Candelaria said patient confidentiality has to be overlooked when there's a threat to any individuals.

"It is the responsibility to warn proper authorities if either the client or community is in credible threat of harm," Dr. Candelaria said. "That's how I handled those situations, and I will notify proper authorities in those situations."

Candelaria wouldn't comment on the case because it's still considered an open investigation. He also wouldn't comment on Kusick, since he was a patient of his.

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